Paladim Apartments

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The Paladim. Good pool, pleasant sunbathing area. Rooms clean, good size & quiet at night (room overlooking pool better than overlooking roadside - sea view on third floor). Good size balcony. Location is fantastic (equi-distant) for Fishermans Beach, Old Town, Strip and close neighbouring beaches. Hotel snack bar very good value for money, good food (esp. full english breakfast at 5 euro including tea or coffee) & good service. Excellent Supermarket within 50 metres (eg. bottled water 37 cents / 5 litres, 33 cl bottled 4.8% beer 30 cents, 2 litre lemonade 89 cents, large baguettes 50 cents etc etc etc. Good Bar on corner immed. outside hotel. Hotel staff friendly. Entertainment limited but pool tables, TV's etc.

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The room we were given on arrival on Thursday (103) is right outside a 6 lane rounderbout this resulted in constant traffic noise from 6am to 3am the next morning . This resulted in us trying to sleep for 3 hours.-guess what no sleep at all!!!
Next morning Friday we went to reception to request another room but we were told they did not have any until possibly Saturday.
We asked the rep Emily if she could help– no luck there so
I asked to be moved up higher—no luck there
I asked to be moved to the rear-no luck there
The only thing she came up with was to move to another acomadation but that would cost us 500 euro Why should we be expected to pay twice for a holliday??
Friday night no sleep!!
If you go with THOMAS COOK this is the best you could hope for!!!
Saturday came and guess what—we were told no other rooms available but people were coming on standby holidays and getting better rooms than us who have booked 9 months in advance.
We have had to endure 9 nights of having next to no sleep-THIS IS NOT THE HOLLIDAY WE EXPECTED AND PAID FOR WITH OUR HARD EARNED MONEY.
We could not even use the balcony for the noise from the constant traffic!
Also-
Gardeners cutting hedges and the grass with petrol powered tools wile we were trying to catch up on some sleep on sunbeds.
Decoraters cloths on stairwells and they used a high reach machine that constantly beeped very loud.
The hotel should be a 2 STAR at the best.

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Me and my boyfriend stayed at the Paladim apartments in the first week of march. The weather wasn't brilliant but we wasn't banking on it, so it wasnt much of a let down. - It was still weyy hotter than england.
We got the paladim apartments for a VERY reasonable price so were not expecting much from them either. We arrived at mid-day but were expecting to be refused check in until late afternoon as stated on the hotel policy, to our surprise they allocated to our room and were VERY friendly.
We were staying in a ground floor studio rather than apartment, it was very spacious and had a lovely balcony overlooking the pool. Air conditioning was free and the kitchen and bathroom were fully equiped with everything you need (even a bottle opener, hurrah).
The only bad thing about the room was the beds, it was a sofa bed and not the comfiest. Nothing to put us off though.
Me and my boyfriend are very young so liked dining out, there were plenty of restaurant around, in the old town and the strip (which there is a tourist train to, operating all day- very useful). WE reccomend the mexican in the old town.
There is a HUGE supermarkeet right next door and directly opposite aswell as a mcdonalds, kfc, subway and pizza hut all on the same road.
We Loved this holiday and would urge anyone to book.
#unfortunately we didnt get to go in the pool because of the weather. There was a bar downstairs in the hotel were the drinks were ery reasonably priced, especially happy hour 1.50 a pint!! Lovely hotel, loely staff, lovely place.

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The apartments are amazing. okay it was our 6th year hoilday and we weren't expecting alot but we thought we'd won the lottery. the place was VERY VERY clean and the pool was nice and was NEVER over crowded. the bar downstairs was extreamly cheap and the food was good for the days we couldnt walk the length of ourselfs. the surrounding area was also REALLY really handy with the supermarket across the road and local cafes also very cheap for food and drink we didnt have to go far to enjoy ourselves. however on nights out the local 'strip' was visible for the room and in definate walking distance (although there was next to no noise) and if walking aint your thing it was only about 2euros for a taxi. in the opposite direction was the old town also in walking distance but further than the strip this was full of authentic little bars and resturants, and the beach and could be accessed buy the local tourist train 3euors for the whole day! overall an amazing holiday and will definatly go again!!

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We stayed in a studio over looking the pool. The hotel overall was nice and regulary cleaned. The bar was cheap and served nice snacks. Happy hour is from 13.00 till 17.00 and a pint is €1.50 which is fantastic. The only complaint I would have is the room. The studio's are over cluttered with furniture and the beds are sofa beds which are uncomfortable and squeak. Top tip 'the sofa bed that pulls out from underneath has legs'. You have to pay €10 Euro's as a deposit on a remote and €50 deposit for a safe plus €15 a week for use of it which I think is wrong. If I was to go back I would make sure I had an apartment as they are much nicer
Both the new town and old town are excellent. Places I would recommend to eat in the new town are The Yorkshire pub, St Mary's & the Celtic bar next door. The old town is lovely but some of the larger restaurants are over priced and charge you high prices for extra's such as bread. We found a strip of restaurants at the far side of the town behind The Funky Fish which are traditional and cheap.

Stayed at Paladim on 17 Aug 2008. Age group from 20 to 56. Had two One bedroom apartments on the front of the hotel. Yes the road is busy but it was fun watching the traffic. At night once the doors were shut we couldn't here a thing, so we had no problems and thought the rooms were better than the poolside as they are not overlooked. Rooms were clean and towels changed regularly and a well stocked kitchen. Prices for drinks etc were good in our hotel, my daughter was staying a few hotels away and hers was a nicer hotel but dearer to eat and drink in. The day we left and had to get up early we found out that the towels on the sunbed rules DID NOT apply and most beds had gone at 08:15 (no people just towels!). As we used the pool late afternoons we could always find a bed or two. The beach is nice but the sea is very cold. Had some great meals out down around the square and was very glad of the new escalators to get you back to the top of the cliff as it is still a long walk to the top of the main road where the hotel is. Got a taxi to the harbour 5 euros for a trip out on a speedboat to see the dolphins, brilliant time. Also went to Silvas and up the mountain to the highest point in Portugal. Booked both trips from a shop just off the square. we would all recommend the Paladim as a good base and would stay again.

Me and my friend just came back from albufiera a couple of weeks ago. We had a fantastic time!! Paladim was brilliant, the room was really clean, the floors were washed everyday, and we also had clean towels and toilet roll everyday. We were lucky enough to have a family room so it was really spacious, it also had a really nice view of the pool ( number 004).The hotel staff were really nice. We went on the rep pub crawl which was in the strip, this was soo much fun!! really recommend it! Theres also some good shows on in the old town, and lots of entertainment! The strip is really good to especially matts bar!
This hotel is brilliant will be going again!!!!!!!

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My Mum & Dad took me and my best mate to Portugal for 2 weeks and it was the best holiday of our lifes! The strip is much better than the old town and much more lively.. Matt's bar and Garage were our favourites.. The pool was nice and refreshing and Mcdonalds and KFC were over the road which was good.. The restaurants were good value and there was a nice Itallian restaurant down the strip.. Also we ended up in the kebab house one night! The beach was ok but the banana boat wasnt that good as it didnt throw us off.. It was a brilliant holiday and we wish we were going back! Would recommend to teenage girls aged 15-16 taking a mate on holiday! Reception dindt like us and the boys we met up with much though and there was an old man who didnt like us jumping in the pool in the night!!! Best holiday ever!!

Well, back from the Paladim this week.

Not bad apartments, as a whole, however, how they can claim to be a 4* hotel when some rooms dont even have 1 bed in beats me!

Bearing in mind Hotels in Dubai such as the Jumeriah Beach is only 1* more, I feel like I have been ripped off!

Basically, one of us had to sleep on the sofa, and one on the narrow mattress stored below (which had stains on (nice!!)).
When we complained about this at reception on the first day, we were told "we cant do anything about it, see your tour operator" - we were only there for a week, we weren't going to be messing about contacting our tour operator and wasting our holiday.

The Pool area is nice, the staff are friendly, and the food / beer is reasonable.
We didn't have our towels changed every day, as we were told we would, and when we asked for new towels, they were reluctant to give us any.

Located ideally next to the large Modelo supermarket, and opposite a McDonalds & KFC - you could say it is in a good position. However, although the strip, beach, and old town are within walking distance, you dont want to be doing this every night. We were told thestrip is 800m from the apartments - maybe this is as the crow flies? A taxi to either is about 3.9 euros.

Personally, I wouldnt go back to the Paladim (simply because there is much better apartments out there). In my opinion, this should be a 3* Max.

we recently visited paladim on a girls holiday. We absolutely loved the holiday, it was fantastic, but for a family hotel i would not reccomend it. The hotel was very loud, and you could hear people moving funiture at all hours of the night! (trust me we were awake!) the noisy road outside is very busy until about 2am everymorning and then quietens down for a few hours, but still extremely noisy. most of the time this didnt bother us as we were knocked out from exsessive amounts of alcahol, but if you plan on bringing children i seriously think you should consider going elsewhere. for a lad's or girls hliday it has a great if you are on a low budget. I also would like to comment that in the handbook it stated towels were changed daily, when a few times we had to ask for clean towls as houskeeping didnt come! i did complain and they came everydy after that. they also said the sheets would be changed twice a week and our bed sheets didnt get changed once. the location is good for being near the supermarket, its a 2 minuite walk (literally) and the supermarket is fantastic. taxi's to the strip or oura beach are at max 4.70 euro's. but for the holiday... lets just say i loved it so much im desperately trying to go back this year!